The minutes, correspondence, publications, programs, article clippings, and limited ephemera collected in these records relate
to the history, structure, and day-to-day operations of the Shakspere Society of Philadelphia, the oldest continuously operating
Shakespeare society in the United States, during the period of 1851-1995.

title

Shakspere Society of Philadelphia records

creator

id

PUSp.Ms. Coll. 496

repository

University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

extent

3.5 linear feet

inclusive date

1851-2000

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

The minutes, correspondence, publications, programs, article clippings, and limited ephemera collected in these records relate
to the history, structure, and day-to-day operations of the Shakspere Society of Philadelphia, the oldest continuously operating
Shakespeare society in the United States, during the period of 1851-1995.

Arthur Hawley "Joe" Scouten was a scholar of British literature and theater and a University of Pennsylvania professor. This
collection contains a small amount of his research materials and correspondence, as well as some biographical and memorial
materials and a number of his school and work records.

title

Arthur Scouten papers

creator

Scouten, Arthur H. (Arthur Hawley), 1910-1995

id

PUSp.Ms. Coll. 1426

repository

University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

extent

0.6 linear foot (2 boxes)

inclusive date

1918-1994

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

Arthur Hawley "Joe" Scouten was a scholar of British literature and theater and a University of Pennsylvania professor. This
collection contains a small amount of his research materials and correspondence, as well as some biographical and memorial
materials and a number of his school and work records.

The H.H. Furness Memorial Library focuses on the study of Shakespeare and other Tudor and Stuart dramatists. Horace Howard
Furness (1833-1912) and his son Horace Howard Furness Jr. (1865-1930) founded and edited the Variorum Shakespeare and their
library was donated to the University of Pennsylvania in 1932. This collection contains personal correspondence to and from
Rev. William Henry Furness (1802-1896), Horace Howard Furness, and Horace Howard Furness, Jr., largely relating to Shakespearean
study and the H.H. Furness Memorial library; notebooks; copies of speeches and articles; and other assorted items relating
to Shakespearean scholarship or to the Furness family.

title

H. H. Furness Memorial Library manuscript collection

creator

Furness Family

id

PUSp.Ms. Coll. 1356

repository

University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

extent

10 linear feet (20 boxes and one oversized folder)

inclusive date

1575-1991

bulk date

1812-1930

abstract/scope/contents

The H.H. Furness Memorial Library focuses on the study of Shakespeare and other Tudor and Stuart dramatists. Horace Howard
Furness (1833-1912) and his son Horace Howard Furness Jr. (1865-1930) founded and edited the Variorum Shakespeare and their
library was donated to the University of Pennsylvania in 1932. This collection contains personal correspondence to and from
Rev. William Henry Furness (1802-1896), Horace Howard Furness, and Horace Howard Furness, Jr., largely relating to Shakespearean
study and the H.H. Furness Memorial library; notebooks; copies of speeches and articles; and other assorted items relating
to Shakespearean scholarship or to the Furness family.

This collection contains research materials collected and compiled by James M. Gibson for a biography of Horace Howard Furness,
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Story: Horace Howard Furness and the Variorum Shakespeare, published in 1990. The bulk of this
collection consists of photocopies of original nineteenth and early twentieth century documents made between roughly 1975
and 1985. This collection gathers hundreds of letters and articles that relate to H. H. Furness, from over fifty libraries
and repositories, and illuminates Gibson’s research and writing process. Furness (1833-1912) was a leading Shakespeare scholar,
and thus some of the material pertains to the study of Elizabethan theater.

title

James M. Gibson research collection on Horace Howard Furness

creator

Gibson, James M.

id

PUSp.Ms. Coll. 1331

repository

University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

extent

5.2 linear feet (12 boxes)

inclusive date

1882-1985

bulk date

1975-1985

abstract/scope/contents

This collection contains research materials collected and compiled by James M. Gibson for a biography of Horace Howard Furness,
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Story: Horace Howard Furness and the Variorum Shakespeare, published in 1990. The bulk of this
collection consists of photocopies of original nineteenth and early twentieth century documents made between roughly 1975
and 1985. This collection gathers hundreds of letters and articles that relate to H. H. Furness, from over fifty libraries
and repositories, and illuminates Gibson’s research and writing process. Furness (1833-1912) was a leading Shakespeare scholar,
and thus some of the material pertains to the study of Elizabethan theater.